About Myself

Coming Out - Mitro

Lives in Daytona Beach, Florida
Born 1953
I am an abstract expressionist artist deeply concerned with ending hunger here in the United States and abroad.
My art is very metaphysical and comes from the unconscious creation of soul.
 I love color and just looking at colors brings me joy and makes me happy. Good art makes one feel.
 I love life and consider each day a blessing.
 Painting makes me feel very good, and to look on my finished creation brings me much pleasure.
  I had someone say to me the other day that my art was abstract, merely colors, and I told him no, each painting is "something", you just have to look it a little longer than the normal painting, for that something to come up.
 A case in point is my Coming Out painting, at first glance it appears to be merely a swirl of pink, but if you study it, the image will come up.
The image is of a slender man, a boy really sitting up against the trunk of a tree, you can see his knees bent and he is holding a purple flower in his hands, He has a big flop of hair and if you look between his bent knees you can also see his mothers face also looking at the flower that her boy is holding.
 Each of my painting are the same, and my paintings are never compete until they are something.
If you are having trouble finding that something a good tip off is the title. I give away the subject in each title.
 My painting also contain many hidden complex images and the longer you look at the painting the more they will appear to you.
With the exception of 4 of my paintings I never start a painting with any intention whatsoever  of what I wish to paint.
 That is why the subject matter of my paintings are so incredibly diverse.
 I merely add paint to the canvas with rag or brush, make slashes with oil crayons and voila a painting comes up which I enhance after I know where the canvas is taking me.
  A large portion of the money received for sale of my art goes to hunger relief, as I believe there is nothing more essential than enough food for all.
 Even the beauty of art cannot be appreciated when one is in pain from a hunger.
 Hunger hurts and is the easiest of pain to remedy and it's remedy is joyous and feels good, like good art
-Mitro

What Makes an Artists Work Valuable

In order for any artist to succeed in the art world they must have a unique artistic style that is recognizable as theirs and theirs alone.
Just as what value in a van Gogh work, if all  of his pictures were a different style, and one could not look at one and say, oh that's a van Gogh!
An artist that paints realistically for that reason has much less chance of making his work extremely valuable.
If the painting looks exactly like the subject, where is the artists stamp on it? 
I am not saying impossible for such a realist painter to make a big name, but much harder for them.
Even the quirky artists Jeff Koons have a certain style. 
If you and your art lack such a style it will be hard for you to make it big. 
If you copy others styles instead of forging a brand new path, it will also be virtually impossible to make a name for yourself, that name is already made by the person you have copied.
You must have something in your art that makes you stand out in a crowd, even if it is something the majority of the population hates. Just having people talk about your work with passion whether it is geeze I  really hate that, or wow I absolutely love that,it is giving you your 15 minutes of fame that can be parlayed into long term fame in something as completely  random as the art world.
Art and artists can achieve great fame just by thought provoking titles on their work as attested by Hirst.
But you gotta have something,

Heart - Mitro

some unique quirk that sets you apart from the crowd.

What Makes Art Good?

Good art is merely defined as being a piece of art that you cannot keep looking at. A piece of art is successful if as you remain in the room with it, your eye is drawn to it over and over again. Art is for the eye, it's only purpose is to draw one's eye. Good art pleases, it makes you feel good. If is is colorful, it's colors are a joy to behold. If it is whimsical, it makes you smile. A piece of art is good when you never every tire of looking at it. Do you have art in your possession that makes you feel this way?

Old Yeller 2015 A 2015 Take on a Very Old Dog

Although basic truisms never change like the love of a boy for his 
 dog.

Old Yeller 2015 -  11' by 14"  Mitro

The way they are portrayed in art does.
Alternate title: Where Oh Where Did that Butterfly Go?

• Artist
  Katheleen Mitro 1953 - American
• Creation Year
  2015
• Medium
  Acrylic

  Oil Stick

  Canvas
• Movement & Style
  Soft Abstract Expressionism
• Condition
  
  

  Excellent 

  
  

  Dimensions

  14in.High x 11 in.Wide
• Gallery Location
  Daytona Beach, Florida
• Number of Items
  1
• Reference Number
  SAE3334444

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Athough My Art Seems Completely Abstract Each Painting Represents Something Concrete

I had someone say to me the other day that my art was abstract, merely colors, and I told him no, each painting is Something, you just have to look it a little longer than the normal painting, for that something to come up. A case in point is my Coming Out painting, at first glance it appears to be merely a swirl of pink, but if you study it, the image will come up. The image is of a slender man, a boy really sitting up against the trunk of a tree, you can see his knees bent and he is holding a purple flower in his hands, He has a big flop of hair and if you look between his bent knees you can also see his mothers face also looking at the flower that her boy is holding. Each of my painting are the same thing and my paintings are never compete until they are something. If you are having trouble finding that something a good tip off is the title. I give away the subject in each title. My painting also contain many hidden complex images and the longer you look at the painting the more they will appear to you.

Let Us Bring in 2015 With Tolerance for Difference.

Let us all advocate that 2015 will be a kinder gentler year. A year of new art and new tolerance for difference. http://artbykathymitro.blogspot.com/ Kathy Mitro

The Imperfection in Art is it's Real Beauty

A drip of paint,a crooked line shows art is made by human hand and not machine. The real value of art is the link to the human that created it. That is why art frequently commands big money, it is selling the celebrity of the artist and link of personal attention they paid to the piece while creating it. Their energy is forever embedded into the art, and when you possess the art you also possess something of the artist.
-Mitro

So This is Christmas

Let us all focus today on what we want like small children who just know everything they wish for is possible on Christmas morning. Allow ourselves to feel the utter joy of getting exactly what we want in life and savoring the moment of rapture. Let the children who the magic of Christmas flows through show us the way. Kathy Mitro http://artbykathymitro.blogspot.com/

Hunger Hurts But Has a Joyful Remedy to Cure

As we move into the season of plenty, bountiful food is ever present and is the centerpiece of all celebrations. At this time we see much talk of the hungry and all sorts of special Christmas dinners for those without means. Let us not forget the human body requires food approximately every 4 to 5 waking hours. It does not run on a holiday schedule. All food is good, and food should be allowed to be given freely without any kind of government restrictions. We must feed our hungry and feed them on a daily basis because hunger is painful and is the easiest and most pleasant remedy to cure. Kathy Mitro http://artbykathymitro.blogspot.com/

Entering the Season of Light or Over Comming Darkness With Kindness

It is an oft repeated quote that only light banishes dark, and there is no black switch only a light switch. When light is turned on, all blackness disappears. This is because reality is the light and darkness is merely a way to perceive and appreciate the beauty of it's luminousity. We are now entering the season of light with all the beauty of Christmas and it's many lights. Christmas lights are so beautiful because Light is beautiful. Light over dark always. To stem all harm there is only one true real way and that is by switching on the light. Every single act of kindness blots out darkness and allows light to shine. Each act of harm must be met with 10 acts of kindness and only then will we change our planet to one of peace.

Invisible spirits and energy paint the picture, I am just a tool.

Sea Horse and Lion - Mitro

 As an avid student of the metaphysical and all things we cannot touch with our senses, but only feel with our souls, I love that my painting are created not by myself alone but seem to spring from universal energy.
Almost as if spirit or magical energy is in control of the canvas instead of myself, I see as I swipe paint onto the canvas, images appear.
It is almost as if the canvas is magnetized with a scene and when paint is swiped across it it sticks only to the pixels that create the scene.
 I choose Sea Horse and Lion to demonstrate this, as it is very apparent to see, but all my paintings emerge in this same way.
 I have no drawing skill of any kind, but you can clearly see in this picture a skillfully drawn lion complete with mouth, nose, eyes and mane.
You can also see the sea horse very clearly, and a man in the lower right hand corner of the painting The fascinating part of this is, I start painting with no intention of what I wish to paint.
I merely swipe on paint, scribble with oil crayons and voila a painting emerges.
 I rotate the canvas all 4 ways and there is always one right way but I do not know which way it is until I look at the painting in all four ways.
Boats emerge on water that I have no painted, as in Independence.
3D faces emerge looking at the cross in Cross, that I have no drawn.
The twin towers emerged in one of my first paintings one whole year before the actual 911 in a complete scene, probably because the energy of that scene was so intense.
As I view eternal energy as only good, these paintings are a beneficent gift to me from the non physical plane.
I know that the only real truth is love and that everything else exists only to compare itself to love, and to feel by this comparison the beauty of the true nature of reality.
Everyone who has ever known in their heart that good always trumps bad, has discovered the secret of the Universe and that is only Love and it's sister companions, kindness, empathy, goodness and compassion are real, bad fades away into nothingness as if it never existed, as indeed it is not real, when confronted with the light of good. 
Mitro

Abstraction Places Viewer Firmly Into Painting

Abstract Expressionism art suggests form instead of concrete reality to enable every viewer to put themselves squarely in the picture without reality interfering. For instance an abstract dog can be any dog, a shepherd a collie and on and on, whereas a picture of a collie is just that, a collie and if your dog is not a collie it can be hard to relate. An abstract form of a mother can be Chinese, Greek, Indian and is also not bound with reality constraints. Mother 16" by 20" $125,000

This Is Not Your Grandparents Art And That is Good!. It's 2015, Let's Let Go of The Past and Embrace the Future.

On the very eve of the year 2015, (I find that number incredible even as I type it here), appreciated art needs to catch up to the future it is being created in. The past is past and in order to evolve all around must evolve and keep with current trends and energy. Just as in Rembrandts Rembrandt time, cave drawings were not seen as the holy grail, we need to stop seeing Rembrandt in the year 2015, as the holy grail. Always, always to move forward is good, to dwell in the past, not healthy. So is it the future? I always thought the year 2015 would be so when I was younger. Thinking back to my youth and imagining my home in the year 2015, what kind of pictures would I expect to see on that futuristic date? What kind of pictures would I want on my wall in 2015. I know I always want to learn and feel and experience new things. I have done the old things bring on the newKathy Mitro
 This particular painting I titled Marriage. It is the marriage of the old and the new in Art. The old a knight bridegroom, with a happy go lucky look on his face. The new an alien bride with a pious sour look on her face as she appears to sacrifice herself to this marriage. The preacher is a beautiful purple horse of some sort seen on the left hand side of the painting. If you look beside the couple you will see a candle lit for the marriage ceremony throwing light on the union. You will also see a wedding guest at the very bottom of the left hand side of the painting. Most important of all if you look carefully at the bottom right hand side of the painting, right below the couple, you will see the future child of the marriage an animal curled in sleep and waiting to be born. Look for his eye first and his shape should become apparent to you. As it is set in a futuristic setting the future is absorbing the old and by the fusion of marriage, evolving into the now.

Painting of My Boy Moo Moo with his Real Life Photo Posed Underneath my Art Work in Art Studio

Painting of my beloved boy Moo Moo with his real life photo posed underneath my art work in my art studio.

Portrait of Moo Moo

The Real Life Moo Moo

Sure We Can Say Anything We Want, Anyone Can, But is it Wise Or Kind? : Or Oh by The Way Your Baby is Ugly.

Sure we can say anything we want, anyone can, but is it kind and better yet is it wise? I asked a colleague of mine at to take a look at my new art site, and my other baby, my hunger relief site. I asked him because I was very proud of them. Now this is just like showing a picture of your baby to someone, are you really wanting the person to be deadly honest and say wow that's an ugly baby you got there? This is just what this person said to me very loudly and very emphatically. Do I look upon this person as someone I want even the most casual relationship with? No, I don't want to have much to do with anyone capable of such brutal character assassination. I don't want someone to tell me my baby is ugly. What makes people feel other people are open targets to ridicule and derision for their beliefs just because speech is free.
Pope Francis makes perfect sense when he espouses about the Charlie Hebdo situation, when you smack someone and ridicule someone as Charlie Hebdo is doing, you will get smacked back. And you will get smacked in equal proportion to what you have meted out. Respect always respect peoples dignity,it is important. You might get away with small insults with only a tiny mirror back whapping, but the large ones, since we live in an attraction based world, are going to give us a wallop back. I agree with the Pope on this one. Looking at Charlie Hebdo, what makes them think that they are free to be so unkind to people. They are attacking the most important thing in a large group of peoples lives, and saying it's okay, that's free speech, but is it really free? What is the price of this latest paper they published, deaths, riots destruction. You disrespect something of utmost importance to someone, they tell you stop stop and you don't stop, you put yourself in a position for reprisal. Reprisal by killing, no absolutely not, too many wars are fought in this very same name, If you don't believe as I do I must kill you. But in Charlie Hebdo case, why keep pushing someones buttons when they are screaming for you to stop,please stop it is too hurtful. Why be cruel, what do you gain from it? What does this magazine gain from making fun of another's god? Oh yes they say free speech, and yes we are all free to tell someone their baby is ugly, but should we? Do any of us want someone to tell us our baby is ugly? I am not saying Charlie Hebdo or Paris deserved the attack and I bless and grieve for all the lost lives, but it is much like poking a hungry alligator with a stick, why is there surprise when the alligator lunges back, there should there be no surprise at the outcome and anyone involved in such character assignation is not being honest when they say they are surprised they got a reaction.
Lastly I am a complete pacifist I value all life,not just some life and not just the lives whose values are my own. We are all entitled to our freedom to live and not be treated unkindly in the name of free speech. We are all entitled to respect and kindness. Kindness comes when we are kind to others. Charlie Hebdo wants their right to free speech respected and others want their God respected, kind of a catch 22 until you stop and think which is more important ridicule or respect.